 Researchers find new mode of gene regulation in mammals July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals--a "ribozyme" that controls the activity of an important family of genes ... | |
 Crossed (evolutionary) signals? July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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What do humans and single-celled choanoflagellates have in common? More than you'd think. New research into the choanoflagellate genome shows these ancient organisms have similar levels of proteins that cells ... | |
Debunking the 'curse of oil' July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A paper co-written by an Indiana University economics professor takes issue with the widespread idea that there is a "natural resource curse" that puts countries with oil or mineral wealth at a disadvantage when it comes ... | |
 Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 99 vote(s)
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms ... | |
 'Mind's eye' influences visual perception July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery—what we see with the "mind's eye"—directly impacts ... | |
Commercial bees spreading disease to wild pollinating bees July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Bees provide crucial pollination service to numerous crops and up to a third of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by insects. However, pollinating bees are suffering widespread declines in North America and scientists ... | |
 Researchers run rings round cell division July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unravelled by Oxford University researchers. | |
WikiPathways gives the people the power to curate July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The exponential growth of diverse types of biological data presents the research community with an unprecedented challenge to keep the flood of biological data as accessible, up-to-date, and integrated as possible. | |
The high cost of low status June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Feeling powerless can trigger strong desires to purchase products that convey high status, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research. | |
 The tummy's taste for red wine with red meat June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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What happens when red wine meets red meat? If the rendezvous happens in the stomach, scientists in Israel are reporting, wine's bounty of healthful chemical compounds may thwart formation of harmful substances ... | |
 Researchers coat titanium with polymer to improve integration of joint replacements July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology shows that coating a titanium implant with a new biologically inspired material enhances tissue healing, improves bone growth around the implant and strengthens ... | |
 Printed optical electronics come into view July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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European researchers have taken a major step towards the goal of developing printable electronics that can be used for creating radio frequency identification tags and flexible watch displays. | |
Pregnant mice block out unwelcome admirers to protect their pups July 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such olfactory ... | |
 90 billion tons of microbial organisms live in the deep biosphere July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Biogeoscientists show evidence of 90 billion tons of microbial organisms—expressed in terms of carbon mass—living in the deep biosphere, in a research article published online by Nature, July 20, 2008. ... | |
 Ultrasonic frogs can tune their ears to different frequencies July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers have discovered that a frog that lives near noisy springs in central China can tune its ears to different sound frequencies, much like the tuner on a radio can shift from one frequency to another. ... | |
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